Using the Sound of the Sea to Help Rebuild Ocean Habitats

Playing recordings of a healthy ocean attracts animals to degraded habitats, suggesting that sound could be used to help restore marine ecosystems.

Nov 29, 2021 | 650 words, about 3 minutes

Why Are There So Many Kinds of Phytoplankton?

Considering what the world looks like to a plankton offers a new path to solving the paradox of the plankton.

Nov 24, 2021 | 750 words, about 3 minutes

In the Middle of the Atlantic, an Overlooked Seabird Hotspot

International regulators are looking to protect the key seabird feeding ground as a high-seas marine protected area.

Nov 22, 2021 | 900 words, about 4 minutes

Why Pair Bonding Seabirds Break Up

New research explores the upside of divorce for pair-bonding seabirds.

Nov 18, 2021 | 450 words, about 2 minutes

Want to Save a Failing Fishery? Take the Long View

Half a millennium of fishing records shows Canada could have saved the Atlantic cod.

Nov 17, 2021 | 650 words, about 3 minutes

Scotland’s Prehistoric Climate Crisis

These archaeologists think that instead of being wiped out by a tsunami, Scotland’s Mesolithic coastal population dwindled because of sea level rise and climatic change.

Nov 15, 2021 | 750 words, about 3 minutes

In the Midst of a Salmon Crisis, Alaska Native Villages Band Together

With sovereignty, culture, and economics at stake, the peoples of the Yukon River region are determined to restore their salmon, together.

Nov 11, 2021 | 950 words, about 4 minutes

The Tentacled Butterfly Ray Comes Back from the Dead

Presumed extinct, scientists were shocked to find the species holding out in the water off Iran.

Nov 10, 2021 | 600 words, about 3 minutes